I used to torture my sister on a cold February day with candy that I had saved from Halloween. She tore through her candy, but not me. 

I saved and savored every piece and you can bet I saved the Snickers for last. 

Somewhere in those middle school years, I started avoiding candy, and started torturing myself around food. 

I started to fear holidays that had all the extras. 

Extra food, extra sweets, extra drinks, extra everything. 

Some of you might be dreading Halloween tomorrow with so many temptations and worries about being “bad”. 

I'm not worried anymore though, I'm excited. 

If you're still caught up in diet culture's way around sugar, you might be tempted to say to your kids:

“Keep that stuff away from me.”

“Tonight we’ll be bad, but tomorrow we’ll eat healthy.”

“We’re being so naughty.”

All of these thoughts come compliments of diet culture. Here's what you...

“Mom, did you get the candy yet?”

“Mom, where’s the candyyyy?”

Text message the next day,
"Moooommmmm, did you get it? Candy????"

Can you tell our kids are excited about candy? I wasn’t sure what door to door trick or treating would like this year, so I promised our kids to buy all their favorite candy so they could still enjoy part of the Halloween fun. I’m glad I did as I look outside at our blanket of snow today.
I’m not ready for snow. 

Some of you may not be ready for tomorrow. You might be dreading Halloween . Too many temptations, too much food, too many worries about being “bad”.

You might be tempted to say to your kids:

“Keep that stuff away from me.”

“Tonight we’ll be bad, but tomorrow we’ll eat healthy.”

“We’re being so naughty.”

All of these thoughts come compliments of diet culture. Here's what you need to know. Eating any kind of food is never...